For as long as I live, I will never understand the Ditka worship that goes on in Chicago. He’s an egotistical blowhard who greatest achievement was winning only one Super Bowl with one of the greatest teams ever. He’s a punchline, not a coach.
You know, besides winning a championship as a player and being the first tight end elected to the Hall of Fame…
That’s the third interception the Cowboys dropped. That are not a good defense.
Nm
When Michael Bush is moving the chains on you, you might as well just hang it up and head home.
Bears fan tonight, but now they look worrisome for the Eagles. No way Philly can do any better against those WRs. The Eagles will produce more pressure, maybe that will help.
McCoy will go for 250, you’ll probably have nothing to worry about unless you bet the under.
You mean kinda like Forrest Gregg, but with 5 less championships and a TE instead of a OG? I’m not a fan of Gregg’s either.
Nice to finally see Chicago dominate someone for once. It’s been a while.
Also, I contend that Mccown is as good as Cutler, both mediocre to B- QBs. Let Cutler go and keep Mccown at the end of the year. He’s a hell of alot cheaper than JC.
I contended something similar in the NFC North thread. Small sample size and all, but the numbers are pretty black and white that McCown is better in this system than Cutler. But, all things being equal, I know Cutler can bust out the Superman cape on rare occasions when things go to shit, McCown hasn’t had to deal with too much adversity. Maybe that’s a credit to him though.
Long story short, $20M+ for Cutler is a ton of money and we’ve got a crapload of FAs coming up who we’d end up losing. Might have to roll the dice with McCown and a rookie to be named later.
The Bears and their annual QB conundrum dating back to McMahon is pretty amazing. The Bears are to QB’s what the Browns are to coaches (and well, also QB’s, but what’s the difference?).
I would like to personally thank our fuzzy, mid-western, NFC-brethren for beating Romo & the Boy Boys. 
(tips Eagles cap towards Chicago)
That game was both a joy and a pain to watch. These are not your father’s Chicago Bears.
I wrote off Cutler’s struggles in the past couple of seasons to having no protection from the OL. This season they finally have a quality OL and a lot of good targets and Cutler has been good when healthy, but not outstanding. Certainly not worth the cap hit they’d have to take to keep him. There’s a pretty decent QB draft coming up, and this team has most of the ingredients that you need to make a young QB successful (good OL, a lot of good targets, good all-purpose RB, good offensive minded head coach). If there was ever a time to put a team in the hands of a rookie QB, this is it. I’d like to see them let Cutler go, and draft a QB in the first or second round, and maybe look for a talented RB early in the draft as well. Use the cap savings to shore up the defense. Keep McCown around as insurance in case things don’t pan out.
I knew Alshon Jeffery would be a good pick for the Bears. Mid 2nd rounder.
With the way the rules have changed to protect QBs, I wonder if WR has become the best value bet in the draft. We’ve seen thoroughly average QBs be quite productive this season.
Enforcement of roughing has been pretty absurd. I recall seeing a play where a defensive lineman reached from out of a pile to grab the QB’s ankles, in what should have been a sack, but they flagged roughing instead.